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This paper describes the internet-based expert system DermatExpert. DermatExpert allows users to self-diagnose the most common dermatological diseases at a sub-professional level, using various heuristics and diagnostic strategies. The main process in DermatExpert is an optimization process, which searches among candidate solutions that could explain the patient’s symptoms, trying to exclude hopeless candidates as early as possible.
The authors are grateful to Stephen Wealthall for his comments on earlier versions of this paper.
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Guesgen, H.W., Koo, J.S. (2000). DermatExpert: Dermatological Diagnosis through the Internet. In: Logananthara, R., Palm, G., Ali, M. (eds) Intelligent Problem Solving. Methodologies and Approaches. IEA/AIE 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1821. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45049-1_25
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